Home venues in Ticket Timeline's game data
The Houston Rockets franchise began in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an NBA expansion team, playing four seasons in San Diego before relocating to Houston in 1971. In Houston, the Rockets first played at Hofheinz Pavilion on the University of Houston campus (1971–1975), then moved into The Summit when it opened in 1975, the team's home for 23 seasons. The Summit was renamed Compaq Center in 1998 following a naming-rights deal, and the Rockets played there until 2003, when they moved into the brand-new downtown Toyota Center—their current home and the franchise's third building since arriving in Houston.
- Former home: Hofheinz Pavilion (1971–1975)
- Former home: The Summit / Compaq Center (1975–2003) — same building, renamed Compaq Center in 1998
- Current home: Toyota Center (2003–present)
Ticket Timeline's game data covers Rockets home arenas from the Houston era (1971 forward), with gaps where source rows do not connect continuously; the franchise's full history dates back to 1967 in San Diego.
If your ticket says The Summit or Compaq Center, that's a former downtown Houston home—not the current Toyota Center.
Houston Rockets play home games at Toyota Center in Houston, TX, USA. Dates for those nights are anchored in Houston time. The building list above is what Ticket Timeline uses when an older ticket names a former arena or an earlier name of the same building.